Lord Drayson: The number of medium support helicopter pilots unavailable for operational duties in 2005-06 as a result of retirement, promotion, medical unfitness or other reasons is shown in the table below:
	
		
			 Classification Retirement Promotion Medical Unfitness1 Other Reasons 
			 RAF 12 4 1 1 
			 RN 7 0  0 
			 Total 19. 4 2 1 
		
	
	41 RAF and 16 RN new operational medium support helicopter pilots were trained in the same period.
	1 This does not include pilots who were medically downgraded as unfit to fly for only part of a period in question.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The accompanying table shows the number of asylum applicants who were removed from the UK in each year from 2002 to 2005, broken down by type of removal. It is not possible to say at what stage in the asylum process people are, at the time of their removal. Published statistics on immigration and asylum issues are available on the Home Office's research development and statistics website at l.
	Principal asylum applicants removed from the United Kingdom, from 2002 to 2005(1)
	
		
			 Year 2002 2003 2004 2005(2)(P) 
			 Total principal asylum applicants(3) 10,740 13,005 12,585 13,670 
			 of whom: 
			 left under assisted voluntary return programmes(4) 895 1,755 2,300 2,905 
			 were enforced removals(5)(6) 9,845 11,250 10,285 10,760 
		
	
	(1) Figures rounded to the nearest five, and may not sum due to rounding.
	(2) Removals in 2005 include those who it is established have left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.
	(3) Persons who had sought asylum at some stage, excluding dependants.
	(4) Persons leaving under assisted voluntary return programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration. May include some on-entry cases and some cases where enforcement action has been initiated.
	(5) Includes persons departing "voluntarily" after enforcement action had been initiated against them.
	(6) Excludes assisted voluntary returns.
	(P) Provisional figures.

Lord Rooker: The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) has acted in its statutory role as an advisory body to the trustees of St Joseph's High School, Plumbridge. This is a role that CCMS performs for all Catholic maintained schools. At the request of CCMS and on behalf of the school trustees, the Western Education and Library Board (WELB) published Development Proposal No. 186 on 27 April 2006, proposing closure of St Joseph's High School from 1 September 2007 or as soon as possible thereafter. My honourable friend Maria Eagle, the Minister with responsibility for education, takes the decision on the development proposal in light of all the information provided, and a decision to take the school was made on 22 September 2006.